Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : HS1337 : Social Change in India { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Medha Nayak
Syllabus
Unit-1: Social Change: Meaning, Nature and Forms-Evolution,Progress,Development,etc.
Unit-2: Factors of Social Change: Cultural, Economic, Technological, Demographic, etc.
Unit-3: Theories of Social Change: Evolutionary, Cyclical, Conflict, Functionalist
Unit-4: Trends and Processes of Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, McDonaldization,etc.
Unit-5: Consequences of Social Change in India-Opportunities & Threats
Course Objectives
- To introduce the concept of social change-meaning, nature, forms, factors,theories etc.
- To understand the various facets of social change in India
- To explore and evaluate the consequences social change in India
Course Outcomes
1. develop better understanding of social change in India <br />2. understand the major theories of social change. <br />3. assess the consequences of Social change in India and be able to think of strategies to minimize negative consequences of Social change.
Essential Reading
- Yogendra Singh, Modernization of Indian Tradition, Rawat Publications , 1986
- George Ritzer, The McDonaldization of society: an investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life, Thousand Oaks, Calif: Pine Forge Press , 1996
Supplementary Reading
- Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge: Polity Press , 1990
- M.N. Srinivas, Social Change in Modern India, University of Berkeley , 1966